Neil Steinberg
@neilsteinberg.bsky.social
News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press.
Menard’s goes upscale.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Menard’s goes upscale.
I wrote this for the 4th of July, because the Honor Flight happened a few days earlier. But this is really a Veterans Day story:
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/07/one-...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/07/one-...
One last mission for World War II vets
Honor Flight Chicago brought 88 World War II vets to Washington, D.C. for a day of tribute.
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I wrote this for the 4th of July, because the Honor Flight happened a few days earlier. But this is really a Veterans Day story:
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/07/one-...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/07/one-...
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
"Always happy to save a reporter's ass"
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD.
Everything you need to know about frost.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/11/the-...
Everything you need to know about frost.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/11/the-...
The secret ministry of frost
On a frosty morning, and Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD.
Everything you need to know about frost.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/11/the-...
Everything you need to know about frost.
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/11/the-...
Works in progress: Donald Colley — 'Honesty should guide the pen'
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Pagliacci .... damn! Good to be back at the opera.
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Pagliacci .... damn! Good to be back at the opera.
Back at the opera.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Back at the opera.
Off-Loop theater.
November 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Off-Loop theater.
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
I've been on staff for ... 38 years, and I don't remember ever feeling the paper is as focused and consequential as I do now. I can't speak to the effect, but as T.S. Eliot said, "For us there is only the trying. The rest is not our business."
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I've been on staff for ... 38 years, and I don't remember ever feeling the paper is as focused and consequential as I do now. I can't speak to the effect, but as T.S. Eliot said, "For us there is only the trying. The rest is not our business."
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
After ICE detained her husband, Albany Park mom juggles care for 3 kids, including son with autism, newborn
Ingrid Guanume tells her children their dad will be home soon. But with her husband in federal immigration custody awaiting a court hearing later this month, she doesn't know if she believes what she'...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
After ICE detained her husband, Albany Park mom juggles care for 3 kids, including son with autism, newborn
Ingrid Guanume tells her children their dad will be home soon. But with her husband in federal immigration custody awaiting a court hearing later this month, she doesn't know if she believes what she'...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very proud of the work my colleagues are doing at the Sun-Times. Read this heartbreaking piece by Mary Norkol and Anthony Vasquez. The only change I would have made is to the headline, which I would have made: 'Daddy isn't coming.'
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Miss it? NINE years ago on EGD:
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
21 things that are true no matter who is elected president
Some things are true whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is elected tonight.
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Miss it? NINE years ago on EGD:
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
Miss it? NINE years ago on EGD:
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
21 things that are true no matter who is elected president
Some things are true whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton is elected tonight.
www.everygoddamnday.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Miss it? NINE years ago on EGD:
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
This observation resonates, alas.
"7. The Republican Party can field a candidate who welcomes support from neo-Nazis, anti-Semites, klansmen and others from the hateful fringe of American life ... That isn’t good."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2016/11/21-t...
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Every goddamn day: 11/08/25: Works in progress: Lane Lubell — The Intervention of Dictionary.com by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/11/work...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/11/work...
Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words
The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!
Dictionary.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Every goddamn day: 11/08/25: Works in progress: Lane Lubell — The Intervention of Dictionary.com by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/11/work...
www.everygoddamnday.com/2025/11/work...
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
It should be worrisome that they are not even trying to make sure they are re-elected.
November 8, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It should be worrisome that they are not even trying to make sure they are re-elected.
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Ben Patterson on the Hammond organ at Le Piano in Rogers Park.
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ben Patterson on the Hammond organ at Le Piano in Rogers Park.
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
